07/08/2014

In a tricky situation, Mick finds himself torn about what actions to take. Stacey receives a visit from her family but she is shocked when she hears what her mother has to say. Linda receives a surprising phone call that shakes her to the core. Kat is shocked when she makes an upsetting discovery. As Kat tries to deal with last night's events everything is put on hold by an unexpected development.

Stacey is given a way out, but will she take it? Mick is forced to come clean to Linda, but will she stand by him? Dean receives some relationship advice from an oblivious Stan.

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Two police officers approach Mick’s car and ask for his
licence – Mick protests his innocence; he wasn’t trying to pick up Rainie. Mick explains to the police that he is a
happily married man, but when he refers to Rainie as a tart, this angers her
and she maliciously exclaims that he is one of her regulars. Mick is arrested on suspicion of soliciting a
prostitute and Rainie is brought in for questioning.

The Carters all wait back at the Vic for Mick
to arrive, to celebrate his swim. Ian
gets back to a concerned Denise, wondering where he’s been. Denise informs him that Emma Summerhayes and
Ross Abernethy are in the living room, waiting to talk to him. Ian is paranoid when Summerhayes takes a
phone call – could it be something to do with Rainie? Summerhayes returns to the room and tells
Denise, Ian and Peter that Keeble has rung and that they would like to show the
CCTV footage of Lucy on the bus at the appeal.
Later, Ian heads to the police station and finds Mick there.

Ian tells
him that he can’t possibly tell the police the truth; it can’t come out that he
spent a night with Rainie. Ian confesses that it happened the night Lucy died.
He explains to Mick that he was seeing Rainie today because she’s blackmailing
him; threatening to tell the police where Ian really was on Good Friday. Mick
is doubtful, how can he take the rap for Ian when he has a family to consider?
Ian begs Mick to reconsider – he needs the television appeal to go well and
doesn’t want his mistake to stop Lucy from getting justice. Later, Denise thanks Mick for giving Ian
something to focus on with swimming practice; he’s come to consider Mick as a
friend. Cora arrives in the Vic and Linda tells her that Stan is waiting for
her upstairs.

When she arrives in the living room she is pleased to find Stan
sat on the sofa, with a bottle of Cava on the table and candles lit. She hides
her slight disappointment behind a smile when Lauren and Abi pop out holding a
birthday cake. Later, Cora and Stan
share a drink in the Vic. Stan cheekily
invites Cora to stay the night. Dean
thanks Lauren for helping Stan out with Cora’s birthday cake – Abi clocks that
Lauren obviously fancies Dean. Mick
finally arrives back at the Vic to cheers.

As Mick celebrates with punters, Linda asks to
see Mick alone. She tells him that she’s had a phone call from his lawyer –
he’s in court tomorrow. Linda begs Mick to tell her what he’s done but he asks
her just to trust him, he can’t tell her what’s happened but he hasn’t done
anything wrong. The next morning, Linda
tells Mick that he’s not going anywhere until he tells her exactly why he’s
been called to court. Mick confesses that he was arrested for soliciting – but
they got it wrong. Mick explains what
really happened and confesses that he’s covering for Ian.

Linda is outraged
when Mick tells her that he is going to take the blame for him as he doesn’t
want to risk the press ripping Ian to shreds.
Mick assures Linda that his charges will be dropped; and then they can
put it all behind them.
Post-conversation, Linda steps into the kitchen and discovers Cora in
there, and overheard everything. Linda
tells Mick that she isn’t impressed that Stan has had Cora to stay over. Dean
hears this and tells Linda that he’ll have a word with Stan; as it’s her. Dean
heads to the allotments and has a beer with Stan, telling him that Linda isn’t
keen on his women doing the walk of shame from the Vic.

Dean appears interested
when Stan points out that if Linda is that bothered, then Mick must be doing
something wrong. Dean tells Stan that he
has his eye on someone, but is secretive about their identity. Mick comes downstairs dressed for court – he
and Linda cover to Nancy and tell her that he’s off for a meeting with the bank
manager. On his way to court, Mick sees Ian outside Scarlett’s. Mick firmly
tells him that if anything like this happens again, then he’s on his own. Cora heads back to the Vic to pick up her
sunglasses and finds a nervy Linda. Cora worries Linda when she tells her that
she should be at court – it’s not a given that Mick’s going to be let off. She and Linda head to the court together.

Jean continues to try to persuade Stacey to appeal, but
Stacey is reluctant to lie; she wasn’t ill when she killed Archie. Back at the house, Kat tells Jean that she
wishes she knew about her plan earlier – she would have tried to talk her
round. Kat thinks that they should
cancel the baby shower; Jean clearly isn’t well. However, before they can
change any plans, a host of guests arrive at the house. Jean is clearly uncomfortable and suggests
that the guests go to the Vic and celebrate there instead. Kat is unsure about
leaving the kids with Jean but Jean reassures her that she doesn’t mind.

As the
guests leave, the smile leaves Jean’s face and it’s clear she isn’t well. Jean gets increasingly more agitated at Lily,
who is playing with a balloon in the kitchen. When it pops, Jean snaps and
shouts at Lily. She immediately feels guilty and runs to apologise – telling
Lily and Tommy that she will take them to get ice cream. Outside the Minute Mart, Jean snaps again when
Lily immediately spills ice cream on her. Shirley clocks this and asks how Jean
is. Jean is wound up when she believes that her and Kat are just waiting for
her to slip up, and so skulks off, leaving Lily and Tommy with Shirley. Kat and Alfie return and Shirley informs them
that Jean isn’t well. Kat heads to look for Jean and finds her in the
allotments.

Kat and Jean discuss Stacey
appealing; Jean reminds Kat that she needs to back her up. Jean doubts how well
she can look after Lily- she needs her mum.
Kat reassures Jean that she and Alfie will support her and Lily –
there’ll be room for them and they will always be there for her. Later, Kat tells Alfie that she’s told Jean
that she can stay for as long as she likes – Alfie seems unsure. Jean is hyper -aware of Alfie’s concerns and
overhears the couple discussing her from the hallway. Dead-eyed, she heads towards the kitchen. Kat shouts to Jean in the kitchen, is she
alright? As she opens the door she is horrified to see Jean slumped on the
floor, having self-harmed. Stacey arrives at Walford General Hospital,
handcuffed to a prison guard. She heads
into Jean’s hospital room and is upset at the sight of Jean; she doesn’t
understand why she wanted to hurt herself. Ollie arrives at the hospital to a
frosty reception from Kat. Ollie explains that they had a row and Jean stormed
off to Walford.

Kat is confused – Jean told her that they were finished. Ollie
explains that that isn’t what happened, Jean had told him about wanting Stacey
to appeal, causing an argument. Ollie
isn’t impressed when Stacey suggests that he may be playing a part in Jean’s
stress. Ollie explains how looking after
Lily is too much for Jean. The
realisation of how much Jean needs her, hits Stacey. When the prison guard calls time, Stacey begs
for a bit longer, to which the guard eventually relents. After talking to the doctor, Kat tells Stacey
and Ollie that Jean has told her psychiatric nurse that she’s not ready to go
home – she wants to stay in a psychiatric hospital. When Stacey raises concerns
about who will look after Lily, Kat assures her that she won’t abandon Lily –
she and Alfie will work it out. Stacey
says a sad goodbye to Jean and heads off with Kat and the prison guard. As Stacey hugs Kat goodbye, her waters break,
Kat’s in labour...

Alfie receives a letter from Walford Borough Council – it’s
bad news, he’s lost his stall. Alfie storms over to the council office to see
Aleks, wanting an explanation. When Alfie argues that he left a message to
explain why he wasn’t in, Aleks claims that he never received it and Tamwar
reluctantly backs him up. Later, in the
café, Liam is struggling on his own. Alfie clocks this and offers Liam help, to
which Liam agrees. Ian returns and
thanks Alfie for pitching in. When Alfie
fills Ian in about losing his stall, Ian offers him extra shifts at the café,
but Alfie is reluctant; he wants to be his own boss.